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December 06, 2024

Have you ever been so thirsty that when you finally get the chance to chug you can actually feel the liquid satisfying every part of your body?

Well, your dry, chapped brain is desperate for a fact-chugging right now, and we just opened the bottle. Let these facts cascade down your brain folds and soak into every cell. It’s replenishing and exhilarating at the same time.

44

Pringles

Pringles aren't legally potato chips A judge ruled that Pringles, due to their shape, packaging, and less than 50% potato content, cannot be considered potato chips. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

43

The Diplomoceras Maximum

A giant paperclip-like creature roamed the seas 68 million years ago. Diplomoceras maximum was about five feet long, similar to a squid, and had a shell shaped like a paperclip. D. maximum's lifespan might have been 200 years, and it grew a new rib on its shell each year. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Movies, Science, And History Now-You-Know Facts

42

The Great Wall

The Great Wall of China is partly made of rice. Fr The builders added sticky rice to the mortar, which made the Wall more stable and helped protect it against earthquakes and exposure to the elements. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian Magazine

41

Racist Monopoly

A board game released called Blacks & Whites was basically a racist Monopoly. EHALL 0 COMPANY ELECTRIC £150 ٢٩٨٨ MALL PALL CRACKED.COM The game explores issues of racial inequality by treating players differently based on the race in which they play, demonstrating how the odds were stacked against some races in com- parison to others. — Source

40

American Dad

Roger CRACKEDCO the alien AMEe on DADY ADL is a thinly veiled rip-off of bawdy 1970s comedian and Hollywood Squares mainstay Paul Lynde.

39

Cinemetrics

Cinemetrics, a website devoted to the quantitative study of film. Film historian Yuri Tsivian believes statistical analysis of quantitative elements in films can offer new insights. His site gives researchers access to open- source film measurement software and publishes the data for scholars around the world. Cinemetrics CINEMETRICS Number of shots: 17 Last shot's length: 0.7 Bee Average shot length: 1.7 BOO BCU CU MCU NS MLS FS LS Other Pause End & Save (2xF 00:00:33.4 EOQ E T1 CRACKED — Source

38

Moana

Vaiana Moana's name was changed in Europe for a variety of reasons, such as the original being trademarked in Spain. Oh, and because there's an Italian porn star named Moana Pozzi. — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

37

The Quetzalcoatlus

THE QUETZALCOATLUS WAS AS TALL AS A GIRAFFE Quetzalcoatlus northropi Quetzalcoatlus sp. The Quetzalcoatlus is the largest known flying animal. It was a pterosaur with a wingspan of around 33 feet. CRACKED.COM — Source

36

Katy Perry

Katy Perry started her career as a Christian artist at 16-years-old katy hudson. Before the 2007 poorly aged Ur So Gay single, Katy Perry was performing under her real name Katy Hudson. Lucky for her, her 2001 self-titled Christian album flopped. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Unexpected Beginnings Of Famous People's Careers

35

The Winnipeg Wielder

WEIRD WORLD An axe-wielding maniac in Winnipeg demanded pizza from a delivery guy. The guy was delivering pizzas to another house in the neighborhood, apparently at the very worst time possible. CRACKED.COM — Source

34

Squatters

lllegal squatters at the site of the oldest city in the Americas threatened the archeological team working there. The squatters, who claim they were g — Source: The Guardian

33

The English Peasant Revolution

In 1381, English peasants revolted against the lords and sacked London. The revolt was led by a guy named Wat Tyler, and the mob beheaded the chancellor and treasurer and took over the Tower of London. CRACKED.COM — Source

32

Wolves

A man named Marcos Rodriguez Pantoja grew up in the wild amongst the wolves. CRACKED.COM Marco didn't rejoin hu- man kind until he was 19-years-old. In 2018, he expressed he was disap- pointed with humanity and wished to return to the wild. — Source

31

The Beatles

CRACKED. COM TICKET TO RIDE According to John Lennon, the ticket to ride was actually a card indicating a clean bill of health... ...carried by Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s. ... TICKET — 23 Eyebrow-Arching Facts About Famous Songs

30

Celin Dion

GRACKED.COM Celine Dion's 1998 Christmas album features the heartfelt ballad The Magic of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone). The song was written by Twisted Sister frontman and hair metal icon Dee Snider. — 20 Eyebrow-Arching Authors Of Famous Songs

29

Elton John

CRACKED Elton John hated his birth name. Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he went by Elton John in honor of blues legends Elton Dean and Long John Baldry. Because he hated his birth name, he legally changed his name in May 1972 (adding the middle name Hercules). — Express / Ents24

28

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Celebrity overseas gigs ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER's ad for Alinamin V As what we're guessing is a genie in an energy drink bottle, he maniacally laughs in a mountain of gold coins, and spouts some Japanese lines in his iconic Austrian accent. CRACKED — Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock,
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27

Seattle

Seattle has a tiny house village for homeless residents. CRACKED.CON They can use them to sleep, eat and shower. It costs residents $90 a month to cover utili- ties and is designed to help them get back on their feet. — Source

26

Caviar

Some types of caviar contain your favorite cleaning product, Borax, or known as E285! It is used to improve the texture and sweetness of the delicacy, while extending its shelf life at the same time. Yummy! ALL NATURAL SINCE 1891 cm CRACKED.COM - 20 MULE TEAM 20MULE TEAM - BORAX DETERGENT - f - I BORAX — 19 Facts About Food We'd Bet Anything You Didn't Know

25

Stealing PlayStation 4s

CRACKED SNEAKING A PLAYSTATION 4 THROUGH SELF CHECKOUT AS FRUIT SNOLLIO ЗНУКО SONY PS4 In 2019, a 19-year-old from Nice, France snuck a PlayStation 4 through a supermarket self-checkout as fruit - he weighed it on the scale, then stuck the printed €9.24 (£8.10) price tag on it. — Source

24

Sean Penn

CRACKED SEAN PENN ASSAULTED A PHOTOGRAPHER. In 2010, Sean Penn was sentenced to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service for battery against photographer Jordan Dawes. Dawes needed knee surgery after the attack. — Source

23

Orlando Prison

CRACKED APPARENTLY, DEPUTIES IN ORLANDO DON'T BELIEVE IN BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. A 72-year-old janitor ended up locked in a cell at an Orlando courthouse for 3 days with no food or medicine - all she had was water from a faucet. The deputies who found her didn't take her to the hospital. — Fox / Best of Life Online

22

Wolf of Wall Street

Giorgio Armani designed Leo DiCaprio's wardrobe in Wolf of Wall Street. He worked with costume designer Sandy Powell, and also granted her access to the '90s Armani archives. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vogue France

21

Redheads

Every year, thousands of redheads from all over the world come together in the Irish village of Crosshaven for the IRISH REDHEAD CONVENTION It's a great way to raise awareness about protecting yourself from the sun, apparently. CRACKED — Cookie Studio/Shutterstock
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20

Breakups

Breakups hurt women more, but they recover more fully. 2015 CRACKEDOON Women report more physical and emotional pain, but men never fully recover, the — Source: ScienceDaily

19

Antarctica

THE LARGEST DESERT ON EARTH ISN'T WHAT YOU THINK. ANTARCTICA CONTAINS 90% OF EARTH'S FRESH WATER, BUT KEEPS IT INACCESSIBLY FROZEN. WITH LESS THAN 2 INCHES ON AVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION A YEAR, IT'S ALSO THE PLANET'S LARGEST DESERT. GRACKED.COM — Source

18

Amazon

WEIRD WORLD A guy in India ordered a passport cover from Amazon, and got a passport with it. HRP REPUBLIC OF INDIA Amazingly, customer support just told him that it will not be repeated and we will instruct the seller to be very careful next time. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Alan Moore

Alan Moore read the screenplay for the V for Vendetta adaptation, and hated it. His exact words were: I've read the screenplay. It's rubbish. Не also asked to have his name taken off the movie's credits. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Writers Who Hate Movie Adaptations Of Their Work

16

Sunny Delight

A child once turned orange from drinking too much Sunny Delight. The girl was drinking 1.5 liters a day. The company used Beta-Carotene (found in carrots) to color the drink which can make you orange at extremely high doses. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

15

Australia

Australia is the fastest moving continental landmass in the world. The Australian plate is colliding into the fastest moving tectonic plate, the Pacific plate to Aus- tralia's north and east, that causes earth- quakes. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Geoscience Australia

14

Turtles

Leatherback turtles, a vulnerable species, are coming back. They lay their eggs on beaches, but tourists usually keep them away. With beaches deserted — Source: The Independent

13

Prince

CRACKED PRINCE WROTE MANIC MONDAY FOR THE BANGLES. Не heard their first album, became a huge fan, and came up with a song for them before the second one came out. — Source

12

Cruise Ships

CRACKED CON Cruise ships keep finding ways to get away with polluting. AT JA IA IN Given a deadline to get their act together re: pollution, the cruis — More: Reasons The Cruise Business Should Go To The Bottom

11

The Female Sense of Smell

CRACKED WOMEN HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF SMELL THAN MEN. Research has shown that women have a more sensitive olfactory system, which allows them to detect fainter odors and distinguish between similar scents more easily than men. — Source

10

College Treasure Hunt

WEIRD WORLD A college professor gave his students a treasure hunt using his syllabus. - The hunt was for an actual cash prize stashed away on campus, and students just had to read the syllabus. CRACKED.COM — Source

9

Blade Runner

Blade Runner blew its budget on details you never see. Conceptual artist Syd Mead was hired for a few days, at $1,500 a day - but he ended up staying for weeks, filling the sets with stuff you never really notice (like fastidiously detailed, futuristic parking meters). That was one of the reasons for the movie's budget issues. — More: 6 Tiny Movie Moments That Took Insane Amounts Of Work

8

Bank Heists

The epic bank heists you see in Westerns almost never actually happened. BANK BANK S DOLLAR There were fewer bank robberies in a roughly 40-year span in 15 states in the Old West than there are in a year in modern-day Dayton, он. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

7

Coffee

Coffee does NOT dehydrate you. The reason you might see an increase in urination is because it's mostly water. It actually helps hydrate you and you can count it toward your water intake. CRACKED.COM — Source

6

Wind Turbines

Wind turbine blades are about 200 feet long. The turbines themselves are around 295 feet, about the height of the Statue of Liberty. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Star Wars

CRACKED COR In Return of the Jedi, Luke has a blue light- saber in the posters, but a green one in the movie, because it had to be visible against Tat

4

Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons received a lifetime ban from Fox News for his erratic behavior. NO SIMMONS ALLOWED KISS When The Demon appeared on Fox and Friends to promote his book (On Power), things got off on a weird foot when he leapt out of his seat to ham it up on the weather report. Then, once off the air, things devolved rapidly. Не barged into a staff meeting and yelled, Hey chicks, sue me! while pulling open his shirt and exposing his torso. Не then bopped random employees on the head with his book as he left. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Supernova-Grade Celeb Meltdowns

3

Thriller

Michael Jackson's THRILLER is so much more than a music video. In December 1983, the 13-minute short film was solely responsible for increasing MTV's ratings tenfold. It is the only music video to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being culturally, historically or aesthetically significant. CRACKED — Source

2

Lobsters

The underbelly membrane of lobsters is as tough as industrial rubber. CRACKED.COM It is the toughest material of all natural hydrogels, includ- ing collagen, animal skins, and natural rubber. The membrane is about as strong as the rubber used to make car tires, garden hoses, and conveyor belts. — Source

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BIC

BIC's pen caps have a hole at the tip so they aren't a choking hazard. GRAGKED.COM The BIC pen company ex- plains on its website: All of our BIC caps comply with international safety standards that attempt to minimize the risk of chil- dren accidentally inhaling pen caps. — Source

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